Minneapolis restricts the sale of flavored tobacco and vape products to adult-only tobacco shops under Title 8 Chapter 281. Menthol and mint flavors are included, removing flavored products from gas stations and general convenience stores.
Minneapolis amended Title 8 Chapter 281 to limit sales of flavored tobacco, including menthol, mint, fruit, and dessert flavors, to adult-only tobacco product shops where minors cannot enter. Convenience stores, gas stations, grocery stores, and pharmacies cannot stock flavored cigarettes, flavored cigars, flavored vape liquids, or flavored smokeless tobacco. The restriction is one of the most expansive in the country because it includes menthol cigarettes, which the FDA has separately moved to ban. Adult-only tobacco shops must verify that under-21 customers cannot enter at all, not merely refuse sales.
Stocking flavored products at non-adult-only retailers, allowing under-21 customers into a tobacco shop, or selling banned menthol cigarettes outside permitted shops can lead to fines and license revocation.
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis prohibits the sale of tobacco, vape, and nicotine products to anyone under 21 under Title 8 Chapter 281. The local rule predates Minn. Stat. §609...
Minneapolis, MN
Vape and e-cigarette retailers in Minneapolis need a tobacco license under Title 8 Chapter 281 and must comply with T21, flavor restrictions, and a license d...
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